I need to find more hope. God is good and in a good mood. Justice, while lacking here some days, will be done. Beyond faith, I need hope. It is right for me to hope. Hope is the total grounding of my confidence and expectation in God’s goodness and providential care even in the face ofContinue reading “Why Wait?”
Category Archives: Struggles
To the Four Monuments of Human Nature
Fortune, Fame, Power, Pleasure Built in clusters, making them appear formidable . . . and acceptable. As the idols in ancient Athens, our society is saturated with them. Fortune. How neatly it fits our times! Its inscription at the base is bold: “Get rich.” The figure in the statue is impressive—a hardworking young executive, a clever, diligentContinue reading “To the Four Monuments of Human Nature”
Do I Dare Tell People I Had An Abortion?
How do I communicate about my sexual past—which sadly includes two abortions—to the people in my life? I often hear from women trying to process the aftermath of an abortion. What I like to do is pour a cup of coffee and invite them to tell me the whole story. I share mine, too, andContinue reading “Do I Dare Tell People I Had An Abortion?”
Did I Make a Mistake?
Do you ever feel like your marriage was an accident? Do you ever wonder, “Did I make a mistake?” Maybe your new life together started strong, with hopes that beamed like the sun on the horizon of your life. But now your dreams have lost altitude; a few have even crashed to earth. Marriage, quiteContinue reading “Did I Make a Mistake?”
Et tu, Brute?
Anxiety Is Universal We have a lot of words in English for anxiety: stress, preoccupation, being burdened, feeling pressured, being obsessed . . . it is a human experience that everybody knows on some level. I’d say a couple of things to someone who is experiencing anxiety. Anxiety Is Understandable First, we have really goodContinue reading “Et tu, Brute?”
“We Can’t Keep Up” Story of a Hidden Massacre
A Christian charity is sending a £90,000 aid package to Mozambique after the horrific massacre of over 50 people by Islamist extremists. The victims were beheaded execution-style in a football stadium in Muidumbe village, Cabo Delgado, a region in the north where hundreds of attacks have left around 2,000 people dead and 310,000 homeless. AidContinue reading ““We Can’t Keep Up” Story of a Hidden Massacre”
I’ve Been Here Too Long
I am not sure why I ordered anything to eat in the first place. Anxiety had locked up my appetite. Eating seemed more of a chore than a pleasure as I sat across the table from a trusted pastor and friend, pouring out recent pains and telling him how fear had gripped nearly every areaContinue reading “I’ve Been Here Too Long”
My Dear Son Is Gone
In all the years I’ve been writing I have never had to type words more difficult, more devastating than these: Yesterday the Lord called my son to himself—my dear son, my sweet son, my kind son, my godly son, my only son. Nick was playing a game with his sister and fiancée and many otherContinue reading “My Dear Son Is Gone”
Sin Is Expensive
We never sin for free. There is always a cost. And counting that cost can make us less willing to follow our tempted hearts into spiritual danger. The 17th-century Canons of Dort describe the price we pay for especially serious sins. By our sin we “greatly offend God, deserve the sentence of death, grieve the Holy Spirit,Continue reading “Sin Is Expensive”
France’s Faithful Fearful after Attack
France is deploying military forces at religious sites as pastors are anxious and anguished after a Greek Orthodox priest was attacked with a sawn-off shotgun in the city of Lyon on Saturday, days after three people were killed in an Islamist extremist attack at a Catholic church in the city of Nice. Nikolas Kakavelakis, aContinue reading “France’s Faithful Fearful after Attack”
